Voters approve budget and elect four to BOE

Central Valley School District voters went to polls on Tuesday, May 20, and approved the district’s proposed 2025-26 school budget. The budget passed with 81.7 percent in favor. Voters also elected Valerie Day, Melissa Paoni Shatraw, and Matt Darrow to three-year terms and Jason Sanchez to a one-year term to the Board of Education. 

The $62,398,398 budget increases spending by 2.99 percent or $1,812,030 over the current year and results in a $298,866 increase in the tax levy.

The final count was:

• Yes— 317
• No— 71

• Valerie Day – 331
• Melissa Paoni Shatraw – 275
• Matt Darrow – 256
• Jason Sanchez – 248
• Martin Fisher – 169
• Miscellaneous write-in – 14